RealtyShares accepting Bitcoin to save foreign investors cash

In most cases, accepting Bitcoin seems more likely to help businesses achieve media coverage, not access to an untapped pool of prospective customers.
But RealtyShares may be an exception.
In opening its doors to the virtual currency today, the real estate crowdfunder can now offer benefits to a swath of potential clients that may be substantial enough to actually secure it new ones, including some who may not even be avid users of the electronic cash.
“We think Bitcoin will be used quite a bit for our platform," said RealtyShares CEO Nav Athwal. “We do expect it to be used widely."
RealtyShares is one of a number of real estate crowdfunders that have popped up in the last year or two. Like RealtyMogul, Fundrise and iFunding, the site pools money from investors to purchas...